User:SHOGGLE/SATCHMO JACOBS

'SATCHMO JACOBS

Born December 25,1945' Born in Sebastobal, Mississippi and widely regarded as the best athelete to come out of Mississippi, yet never heard of by most Americans. Born to a poor semstress named Eloise Jacobs, his father was semi successful haberdasher in the ajoining county who died premature from an undiagnosed case of syphills contracted overseas during the first world war.

Early Years: Early life for Satchmo was filled with experiences that would forge the rest of his life, from the time he was three Satchmo grew up fatherless and lived with three younger siblings in a one bedroom home, once inhabited by sharecropers of the 1800's. Although poor, Satchmo's mom Eloise made sure the young boy had the proper schooling to be able to read and write, the first in his family to do so. While schooling took up half the day, the other half was spent helping his mother sell her dresses to general stores in nearby towns.